With the announcements of numerous academic institutions of class suspensions to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, senatorial candidate Bam Aquino said that the spirit of the peaceful revolution is alive in the...
To commemorate the 39th EDSA People Power anniversary this year, the Aquino Center and Museum in Tarlac City will be reopened to the public on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The vicinity of Adamson University in Manila is decorated with yellow ribbons a day ahead of the 39th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People...
In most energy sector meetings and social gatherings, the usual power talk comes with an added juicy coffee shop conspiracy—that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) would still be jolted with leadership changeover in due time. If—and when—it happens, and the whys and hows of it—they...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Francis Tolentino pushed the removal of the 12 percent Value-Added Tax on power rates to reduce the cost of electricity and lower the prices of goods and services that rely on power. TOLENTINO In an interview at Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on...
The Board of Investments (BOI) has awarded green lane certificates to Upgrade Energy Philippines Inc. (UGEP) to expedite regulatory approvals for its ₱3.62 billion solar power projects in Zambales and Capiz. UGEP's Cabangan solar project in Zambales, with a capacity of 56.771 megawatts (MW), has...
ILOILO CITY – Consumer group Bantay ng Bayan 101 (BNB) Association has urged better power services in southern Iloilo province. LINEMEN of MORE Power at work in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The BNB 101 has issued a resolution asking Iloilo Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin to push for the expansion of...
MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), the renewable energy unit of Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), has energized its 19.8-megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar power plant in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija. Inaugurated on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the plant is expected to supply power to at least 20,000...
Singapore-based renewable energy (RE) firm Gurin Energy has completed its first operational green project in Zambales province. In a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 19, Gurin Energy said the 75-megawatt (MW) Palauig solar plant has begun commercial operations under its subsidiary Shizen Inc. ...
President Marcos has authorized the reduction and condonation of real property taxes and penalties on power generation facilities of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) under build-operate-transfer contracts with Government-Owned-or-Controlled Corporations (GOCCs). (Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN)...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and sister company Negros Power is eyeing a partnership with a subsidiary of the Manila Electric Co. to modernize facilities in Iloilo and Negros Occidental. MORE Electric and Power Corp. and executives of Meralco Industrial Engineering...
Renewable energy (RE) developer SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP) has acquired funding from local banks to expand its battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Isabela and Benguet. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Feb. 18, SNAP reported that it has secured financing from...
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) confidence in a "stable" power supply this summer sounds reassuring, but is this built on hard facts and long-term fixes—or are we just rolling the dice on luck and good weather until the next energy crisis slams us? Hmm, let’s be honest—I know what you did...
